Re:Please don’t theme our apps
by ricardobeat on Saturday May 25, 2019 @09:22AM
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And also why next year will eternally be the ‘year of Linux on the desktop’, until desktops don’t even exist anymore.
To misquote Willy Brandt: There is no point in reaching the year of the Linux desktop at the price of it not being the Linux desktop anymore.
Re:Please don’t theme our apps
by ricardobeat on Saturday May 25, 2019 @12:12PM
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To be clear, I’m responding to the affirmation that delivering app changes without any QA is acceptable.
I’m not against open software or user customization, but this approach does not result in quality software. Distros should be working with application developers and not against them. Here you have a large group of Linux app developers undersigning a plea to stop breaking their software and all they get is scorn and dismissal.
More Elementary, less winamp-skin-distros.
> Here you have a large group of Linux app developers undersigning a plea to stop breaking their software and all they get is scorn and dismissal.
Their letter is titled "Please don't theme our apps", not "Please don't break our apps".
Re:Please don’t theme our apps
by jake_the_third on Saturday May 25, 2019 @09:45AM
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If that's really the reason, then I and (likely) the majority of other Linux users are completely fine with that.
> Good. My computer is not your billboard.
Yes, seriously. If a user runs a free software desktop, chances are the ability to change things according to their wishes is part of why they use it.
> Changing third-party apps without any QA is reckless, and would be unacceptable on any other platform.
Which is why I use a platform that does grant me that freedom as a user.